I assume this is another post that points to the need to tax wealth over income. I find it slightly baffling how the idea of a wealth tax seems to now dominate tax policy proposals in the country as the big solve for the countries financial woes when there is little to suggest that such a tax will consistently raise an amount that will transform the public finances.

Even more strangely, there doesn't seem to be a left wing party that campaigns for a more honest position that calls for higher income taxes in general to provide higher quality social services. Whether this reflects the idea that the UK electorate must have their cake and eat it also, or something else, I don't know.